Ben Sims’ Theory imprint nudges closer to it’s closure at it’s 50th release but 048 proves that the label is far from over yet with heavyweight cuts coming from Paul Mac and Ritzi Lee this April. Paul Mac, fresh from a well received house release on Nick Woolfson’s Teng, opens the EP with ‘Control’, a slow burning and steady groove which ebbs and ?ows with ethereal and distorted triplets and looped vocals, creating a tense yet heady piece of late night techno. The A2 track sees Mac take on Dutch producer Ritzi Lee’s Dettmann, DVS1 and Luke Slater hammered ‘Reverse Process’, employing similarly overdriven aesthetics to the original’s buoyant and anthemic top lines underpinned by a mountainous drum assault. On the ?ip Ritzi Lee serves up a pacey ?ltered workout entitled ‘Subway Trip’ – a neat title considering the tracks nifty manipulation of repetition and subterranean depths – while also delivering a lean and brutal version of Paul Mac’s excellent ‘Grind Returns’ which featured on Ben Sims fabric73 comp late last year.
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